AIMS: to perform the cultural adaptation of the STAR Skin Tear Classification System into the Portuguese language and to test the content validity and inter-rater reliability of the adapted version. METHODS: methodological study with a quantitative approach. The cultural adaptation was developed in three...
This methodological study aimed to evaluate the predictive validity of the Braden scale in critical care patients. The study was conducted in four intensive care units of a general private hospital. After approval of the project by the Hospital Ethics Committee, during six months, adult patients admitted...
This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for the development of Pressure Ulcers (PU) in old people living in Long Staying Institutions. It is a prospective and cohort study carried out in four Institutions. A total of 94 old people composed the sample and were assessed during three consecutive months...
This study aimed to do a review of the literature regarding the use of topic iodine and/or compounds in the treatment of chronic wounds. The clinical trials were searched in the Cochrane database. Fourteen (58.3 percent) among 24 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The articles were analyzed regard...
This study aimed to evaluate the inter rater reliability of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH), in its version adapted to the Portuguese language, in patients with chronic leg ulcers. Kappa index was used for the analysis. After accomplishing ethical issues, 41 patients with ulcers were examined...
This study aimed to analyze what looking after physically disabled persons with spinal cord injury by trauma means to their caregivers and family members. The analysis of the testimony of eight caregivers, obtained in open interviews, which was methodologically based on the Social Representations Theory ...
Este estudo analisou a (re)construção das significações sobre a ostomia, o ostomizado, o cuidar em enfermagem e o papel profissional de 30 enfermeiros que utilizaram bolsa coletora, em experiência pedagógica, durante os Cursos de Estomaterapia. A análise dos depoimentos revelou dois grandes eixos ...
Este estudo objetivou identificar a incidência de úlceras de pressão (UP) no Hospital Universitário da USP e analisar as associações com as caracterÃsticas sociodemográficas e clÃnicas da clientela. Após coleta de dados realizada durante 3 meses consecutivos, em que foram acompanhados 211 pacie...
O objetivo do estudo foi realizar a adaptação transcultural do Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) para a lÃngua portuguesa, através da tradução do instrumento para a lÃngua portuguesa, feita por especialistas bilingües e comitê de especialistas, e teste das propriedades de medida: confiabil...
Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer e compreender as percepções dos estomaterapeutas em relação aos significados de ser especialista, tendo como referencial metodológico a Teoria das Representações Sociais. A análise dos discursos de 12 estomaterapeutas permitiu significar três Unidades TemÃ...
